2010 Indoor Season Results Thread: Road to Doha World Champs

TrackFan123 · 20-02-2010 11:38am

Such a shame that, especially when she said in her blog it was her best standing long jump since 06, which showed she was very powerful.

Just wondering if its worth her doing Doha? She only started hurdles training the tuesday before the Odessey, and now this setback.

But when has Derval ever let setbacks affect her? She'll probably win gold knowing her

Rineanna · 20-02-2010 3:50pm

OMG Gillick...45.52!

Krusty_Clown · 20-02-2010 3:50pm

Superb running! Wow!

thriller · 20-02-2010 3:53pm

He's a gold medal contender, 2nd best time in the world this year and equals his pb.

athleticsfan · 20-02-2010 3:57pm

Brilliant:D!!! The most comfortable race I've seen from Gillick in a long time. He looks really strong.
Roll on Doha!:D

Krusty_Clown · 20-02-2010 4:03pm

Just watched it again. He looked extremely comfortable. As he said in the interview afterwards, if he had only dipped at the end of the race, he would have dipped under the national record.

athleticsfan · 20-02-2010 4:13pm

Proper 5th with a decent 6.33. Gomes won with 6.69.

kilkenny runner · 20-02-2010 4:52pm

Good run by Gillick:D ........ yes if he dipped he would have got the NR but he slowed slightly coming up to the line and also as he say in his interview its only the second time running out of the blocks this year...
he was very strong in the second 200m but i think he can improve on his first 200m... also its his first run this year... so there is plenty of room to knock time of his 45.52 when he is in doha..........

I think he can run 45.30's in doha and that be great....... brill chance of a medal..........:D

TrackFan123 · 20-02-2010 8:08pm

That was the most impressive performance i've seen from him, including his NR in Madrid, that was superb. He was so strong in that secodn 200, training in south africa with the GB lot has clearly paid dividends.

I'm going to predict 45.1 in Doha, thats how impressive that was!

4x400 has to be sent now; Gillick, Gregan, McCarthy and Hogan im guessing. Unless Murphy throws a better time down. The best junior after u20 AAAs (Crowe, Scanlan or Harvey) to go as reserve for experience

myflipflops · 20-02-2010 11:24pm

kilkenny runner wrote: »

I think he can run 45.30's in doha and that be great....... brill chance of a medal..........:D

Did he say that he's definately going to Doha?

TheRoomWrecker · 21-02-2010 12:17am

yep, he's full steam ahead for Doha

kilkenny runner · 21-02-2010 12:56am

BY Equaling 45.52 it means that gillick is the 25th fastest man in the world ever over the distance indoors......
also 5th on the european all time list...

If gillick could just say run 45.33 , which i think he is capable of after today's performance .. it would put him 11th on the world all time list.... 2nd fastest on european all time list...
fastest european over the last 22 years.... fastest non-american over the past 22 years....

I'm not getting carried away or anything... and i know it's not all about time's... for example you could have the world record as elena isinbaeva set a world record after clearing no height in berlin... he has a world record from 2009 but no medal... and i know the 400m is not the pole valut but it goes to show figure's are nothing compare to medals...

but these stats do show what gillick is capable of this season indoor's.... show's what a world class athlete he is..:D

athleticsfan · 21-02-2010 1:00pm

http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8311&Itemid=2

Looks like Torrin Lawrence (45.03 this season) won't be in Doha as it clashes with the NCAA, so if things stay as they stand it looks like Gillick may be ranked number 1 going into the champs.

thirtyfoot · 22-02-2010 10:49am

Brian Murphy ran 48.36 yesterday. A 4 x 400 relay team could be on the cards for Doha.

TrackFan123 · 22-02-2010 4:51pm

Well the big performances keep on coming

First Gregan, then Gillick, now young Mark English won the U20 Celtic Cup 800m in a huge all time PB of 1:50.67! Which is inside the standard for World Juniors in Canada. He's still only 16

Good news regarding Paul Robinson who came 2nd in the 1500 in 3:53.88. He mustve been injured having only ran at AAI games and not running in the Seniors so good to see him back competing and in good shape

Rose-Anne Galligan was jsut outside the Doha standard with 4:17.05

TrackFan123 · 26-02-2010 1:15pm

Irish contingent in action at the England Athletics U20/U17/U15 Indoor Champs in Birmingham - or AAAs as they are affectionately known;

http://www.athletics-uk.net/england/england_entries_u20i.asp

U20 Men;

60m - Oliver Back
200m - Lorcan O'Caithan
400m - Jason Harvey, Tim Crowe, Paul Scanlan
800m - Mark English, Darren McBrearty, Mark Patterson
1500m - Paul Robinson (best PB in field), McBrearty, Pauric McLaughlin, English
(surely the Letterkenny pair will only be competing in one event as they're on the same day? 800 is clearly their preferred distance)
60m Hurdles - Edmund O'Halloran
High Jump - Thomas Barr
Long Jump - Simon Doyle, Stephen Murphy

U20 Women;

60m - Joan Healy, Eilish Fitzpatrick, Catherine McManus
200m - Steffi Creaner
400m - Christine McMahon, Claire Mooney
800m - Ciara Mageean (best PB)
60m Hurdles - McManus
High Jump - Cathriona Farrell
Long Jump - Joanna Mills, Nicola Power
Triple Jump - Caiomhe King (best PB)
Shot - Cara Kennedy

U17 Men;

1500m - Andrew Monaghan (best PB), Patrick Monaghan, Ruari Finnegan

U17 Women;

60m - Ann O'Shea
200m - Sarah Lavin, Ciara Giles-Doran,
300m - Katie Kirk, Megan Kiely, April Flynn
800m - Katie Kirk
60m Hurdles - Lavin, Kiely, Flynn
High Jump - Sorcha Murphy
Long Jump - Giles-Doran

U15 Boys;

Shot - John Kelly (best PB)

U15 Girls;

60m Hurdles - Nicole Lavin

kilkenny runner · 26-02-2010 6:20pm

Derval confirmed to run in norway at the weekend....
Also galligan has her last chance to qualify for doha.

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=12084

Rineanna · 26-02-2010 10:07pm

Interesting to note that Renny Quow is part of the three member Trinidad team for Doha, so Gillick mightn't have it all his own way.

anotheronebites · 27-02-2010 11:42am

campbells back:

1 Ryan Gregson NSWIS 3:35.42MA
2 Collis Birmingham VIS 3:35.89 A
3 Mitch Kealey QAS 3:36.00 A
4 Collins Cheboi KEN 3:36.43 A
5 Jeremy Roff NSWIS 3:36.79 A
6 Adrian Blincoe NZL 3:38.93 B
7 David Campbell IRL 3:39.18 B
8 Brenton Rowe VIC 3:39.68 B
9 James Nipperess NSWIS 3:41.03
10 Brett Robinson ACT 3:42.37
11 Philo Saunders ACT 3:42.46
12 Nick Bromley NSW 3:46.19
13 Kane Grimster VIC 3:46.39
14 Todd Wakefield NSW 3:50.84
15 James Connor NSW 3:54.50

kilkenny runner · 27-02-2010 12:29pm

Was this indoors ???

do you have a link ti the website please ???

Rineanna · 27-02-2010 12:55pm

Good early season form.

kilkenny runner wrote: »

Was this indoors ???

do you have a link ti the website please ???

I'd imagine it was outdoors at the Sydney track classic.

Rineanna · 27-02-2010 5:39pm

According to AAI, O'Rourke has just run 8 seconds flat for 60mh in Norway. Good news and well poised for sub 8 seconds and thus medal territory in Doha.

runjb · 27-02-2010 5:46pm

great run by derval!!

after a bout of ilness she comes back and runs this...just super!! She's def a medal contender now!

kilkenny runner · 27-02-2010 5:59pm

the good news keeps on coming ............Rose-Ann Gallign runs Doha standard in Spain - 4:12.72.

Anybody kknow if derval's time of 8.00 was in the heat or final.. because the athletics ireland website twitter page is confusing...
http://twitter.com/irishathletics

Rineanna · 27-02-2010 5:59pm

runjb wrote: »

great run by derval!!

after a bout of ilness she comes back and runs this...just super!! She's def a medal contender now!

Edit: Beaten to it on Galligan!

We have a full complement going in the women's 1500m and 3000m!

Rineanna · 27-02-2010 6:36pm

kilkenny runner wrote: »

Anybody kknow if derval's time of 8.00 was in the heat or final.. because the athletics ireland website twitter page is confusing...
http://twitter.com/irishathletics

It was the final. She ran 8.06 in heats.

Christina Vukecivic ran 7.94 for first and a new Norwegian NR.

Ailis McSweeney ran 7.44 for the flat and 11.91 for 100m.

thirtyfoot · 27-02-2010 7:19pm

Delighted for Galligan and the Derval Get Faster As The Champs Approach Tradition is coming to fruition again.

Why are our women so much better than our men!!!!

myflipflops · 27-02-2010 7:59pm

Tingle wrote: »

Why are our women so much better than our men!!!!

Ah, this old chestnut!!

What continues to astound me is how good are women are despite the complete and utter lack of depth in terms of participation.

How do we have a World Class sprint hurdles when we don't have enough people to run heats in hurdles/sprints at nationals??

How much untapped female athletic talent is out there in this country??

helpisontheway · 27-02-2010 8:23pm

myflipflops wrote: »

Ah, this old chestnut!!

What continues to astound me is how good are women are despite the complete and utter lack of depth in terms of participation.

How do we have a World Class sprint hurdles when we don't have enough people to run heats in hurdles/sprints at nationals??

How much untapped female athletic talent is out there in this country??

Ive been doing some secondary schools athletics coaching in the last few weeks as the new PE teacher has given me 4 weeks with each PE class outside the school athletics team i set up last year which is fantastic.So last year all i saw was those interested in athletics but this year i am seeing practicaly every student[bar the ones who have a note from their parents week in week out for a different excuse every week].
Some of my club athletes attend this school so i expected nobody to be at their level,jeez was i wrong on the girls side especially! In first year alone there must have been 7/8 girls who at present wouldnt look out of place at a national competition.There was one girl who beat a provincial sprint finalist i had last year and she is a year younger;2/3 girls throwing shot well over 8m for the first time,an u14 girl picked up a javelin and flung it close to 30m.Its crazy to think those 7/8 girls and 7/8 boys are probably in every first year group in every secondary school in the country!:eek:

lacticsmygame · 27-02-2010 10:18pm

Scanlon ran a 48.38 to get him to AAA's final tomorrow.

2010 Indoor Season Results Thread: Road to Doha World Champs

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